Reminiscences of Forty-Three Years in India
Subtitle: Including the Cabul disasters, captivities in Afghanistan and the Punjaub, and a narrative of the mutinies in Rajputana
Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation
Published: August 14, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 331
ISBN-13: 9781402177569
Subjects: India,Middle East,Cabul disasters,captivities in Afghanist Punjaub; History / Asia; History / Far East
First sentence: AFTER attending the Military College of Addiscombe, I received my appointment from the Honorable East India Company of a cornetcy of cavalry on their Bengal establishment; and on the 5th of May, 1821, I proceeded to India, arriving in Calcutta on the 10th of September of the same year, and was immediately posted to the 2nd regiment of Light Cavalry.